The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-10
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President Cleveland Training with the
SpoiIsmen-C ssions to the Maryland

President Cleveland Training with the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to the Maryland
Gang"
Washington special to Chicago Tribunel
The Dem ocratic spoilsmen are glee-
full over the way Mr.. Cleveland is COM
ing around to Jacksonian notions.
They think there is something like a
mad chase after second term which
will not leave much room hereafter for
any disappointed interests to indulge
in a mad clamor. The time when the
Massachusetts, Mugwumps sat on the
box and drove the administration is
past. "Seven-Mule" Barnum and Sen
ator German now hold that place, and
when they crack the whip the Presi-
dent strikes real Jacksonian gate.
Several things have lately helped to
make the changed outlook known. The
yearly struggle in Baltimore be-
tween the German hencEmen,
ballot-box suffers, and bruisers
on the one side and the alleged
decent Democrats on the other is just
over. As usual, the ballot-box suffers
routed the reformers all along the line.
Their leaders were Federal officers APP
pointed under the Cleveland admins
tration at the direction of German.
They were Appointment Clerk Hig-
gins, Indian Inspector Morris Thomas,
and Naval Surveyor Raisin. All these
sweet-scented persons left their posts
of duty under the Government to keep
corrupt political machine in power.
They are all for Cleveland for n second
term, and claim the right to do " hat
they q under the doctrines laid down
in the Benton-Stone letters. They were
upholdng the hands of the administra-
ton. 1t is not likely that they will be
called to account. In official circles to-
day it was said that nothing was known
about the affair beyond what was in tho
newspapers, and that did not call for
action The Maryland civil-service re-
formers will hardly try to make out a
clse. They have had sad experience
these last two years, but at last learned
! that the President is not the kind of a
reformer who breaks with spokesman
! like German.
Another instance of the spoilsmen's
triumph is the appointment of w. r..
Frerrett, of Louisiana, to succeed NJ
f. Bell as Supervising Architect. Bell
managed to hold the place so long be-
cause no one could be found TO succeed
him. There were enough candidates,
but the Office was so important that it
could not be filled by any crossroads
politician who happened to be out of a
job. When Democrats complained that
a Republican was kept in Office they
were told he would be turned out just
as soon as a competent Democrat could
be found to succeed him. Since q
change has at last been made the in
ference might be that the right sort of
man hid been picked up. But what
puzzles people is to know where Frer-
rett got his fitness. Last October he
was brought to Washington to take the
place. He was Senator Eustis' candi-
date, but was backed by the whole
Louisiana delegation. He had an inter
view with the Pres dent and Secretary
Fairchild. He did not get the appoint
ment earlier because everyone agreed
that he was not fit for it. A week ago
Senator Eustis came out for Cleveland
for o scond term, and at once it is
found that his candidate for Supervis-
ing Architect is the man the President
and the Secretary of the Treasury long
sought